Gignac
Gignac (Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Gignac • Commune Status — Commune • Arrondissement — Lodève • Canton — Gignac • Insee — 34114 • Postal Code — 34150 • Mayor — Jean-François Soto • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — Vallée de l'Hérault • Elevation Min M — 28 • Elevation Max M — 286 • Area Km2 — 29.85
Population
Population
Its inhabitants are called Gignacois in French.
Sights
Sights
• Gignac Bridge over the river Hérault, completed 1810. • Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce • "Tour sarrasine" tower
Personalities
Personalities
• Antoine de Laurès (1708–1779), writer, friend of Voltaire, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Gignac, Hérault, revision 1342957102 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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